Congolese forces killed the leader of the main branch of the FDLR, Sylvestre Mudacumura, on Sept. 18. His killing is the latest blow to the FDLR, which has been weakened in recent years by arrests of several of its leaders and military pressure from Democratic Republic of Congo’s armed forces, the FARDC, and other militias. The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda is the primary remnant Rwandan Hutu rebel group in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Juvenal Musabimana led a splinter group of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a group founded by Hutu officials who fled Rwanda after orchestrating the 1994 genocide. “This is the confirmation of the resolve of (Congolese) President Félix Tshisekedi and the FARDC to eradicate armed groups and terrorist organizations in eastern Congo. Revisa las traducciones de 'Hutu' en Español. DR Congo army says FDLR leader Musabimana Juvenal killed in a security operation in North Kivu province.Congolese forces have killed a rebel leader and four of his bodyguards in a security operation in the restive east of the country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's ("Operations remain under way around Rutshuru to wipe out armed local and foreign groups," His killing comes barely two months after that of another FDLR commander, Sylvestre Mudacumura, in September. Musabimana, who was also known by his nom de guerre Jean-Michel Africa, was killed alongside four of his bodyguards following an intense firefight in Binza, North Kivu, near the Ugandan border, Njike added. KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese forces have killed the leader of an offshoot of a Hutu militia in the restive east of the country, the army said on Sunday, two months after killing the leader of the main faction. DR Congo forces kill leader of splinter Hutu armed group. The FDLR is one of the most brutal rebel groups in eastern Congo. Rwanda accused Uganda in March of supporting the FDLR and another Congo-based rebel group opposed to the Rwandan government. The FDLR (Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda) was based in eastern Congo following the flight of Hutu extremists to eastern Congo after their involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Mudacumura, who led the FDLR fighter group for years, was killed overnight in Rutshuru territory, army says. We thank them for that.” The FDLR has also been a source of friction between Rwanda and Uganda in the last year.
Juvenal Musabimana led a splinter group of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a group founded by Hutu officials who fled Rwanda after orchestrating the 1994 genocide. 11 Nov 2019 06:54 GMT. “Compared with Mudacumura, (Musabimana) is a small fish so I doubt this is as significant, but it shows that different actors seem to be converging on a more coordinated push against FDLR and anything they define as such.” Rwanda’s foreign affairs minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said Musabimana’s fighters were responsible for a deadly cross-border attack in October in a mountainous region famous for its mountain gorillas in which eight people died. Mudacumura had been the subject of an international arrest warrant since 2012.Rwandan Hutu refugees created the FDLR across the border in eastern DRC after the bloodbath which left some 800,000 dead, according to UN estimates.Early last month, five men arrested following an attack in northern Rwanda that left five dead admitted to being FDLR rebels.Elsewhere in the country, military sources told AFP news agency four civilians were killed late on Saturday in an attack by Ugandan rebels near the northeastern city of Beni. For over 16 years their fighters terrorized the local population. DR Congo army says FDLR leader Musabimana Juvenal killed in a security operation in North Kivu province. Consulta los ejemplos de traducción de Hutu en las frases, escucha la pronunciación y aprende gramática. The group split in a row over ranks and money in 2007, said Christoph Vogel, a researcher at the conflict research program hosted by the London School of Economics and Ghent University. “This is an act of justice,” he told Reuters by telephone. Uganda denied the allegations. But, according to Laforge, the FDLR is in a "terrible" condition and he wants to tell the world that the FDLR is " on the run". The army “neutralized another radical leader of the FDLR on Saturday the ninth of November at 14:00,” said Guillaume Njike, a Congolese army spokesman.
Additional reporting by Clement Uwiringiyimana in Kigali and Hereward Holland in Kinshasa; Writing by Hereward Holland; Editing by Gareth Jones DRC army says Rwandan Hutu rebel commander Mudacumura killed.